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THE LEAP MANIFESTO HITS HOME: REFLECTIONS FROM A FAMILY WORKING IN NATURAL RESOURCES
By Denise Leduc
After I became a parent in the early 1990s, I soon became concerned about the environment. I read extensively on the topic, made shifts in my lifestyle choices and aspired to one day be like Scott and Helen Nearing, the 1930s pioneers who advocated simple living for the health of people and nature.
For me, concern over the environment is not a fad. It has been an issue that I’ve reflected upon, grappled with and quietly tried to act on throughout my adult life. So one might assume that as an NDP member I celebrated the recent LEAP Manifesto resolutions passed the party’s convention this past spring, but I did not. Read more!
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On this second episode, Rankandfile.ca’s West Coast Correspondent Daniel Tseghay interviews Farah Shroff, First Vice-President of the BC Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils and Lisa Descary, a teacher and activist in Richmond BC. Both guests discuss the ongoing effects of cuts to public education in British Columbia and what must be done to fight the cuts. Read more!
"I WILL NEVER SAY WE'RE DONE." AN INTERVIEW WITH JASON MacLEAN, NSGEU PRESIDENT
By Robert DeVet
The Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union (NSGEU) with its 31,000 members, is the largest union in Nova Scotia. In May of this year, MacLean was elected its new president after Joan Jessome retired. MacLean worked as a corrections officer in Sydney. Read more!
THE FIGHT TO SAVE CANADA POST IS FAR FROM OVER
By David Bush
A major confrontation is in the making at Canada Post. On the one hand, post office management is seeking to extract a series of far ranging concessions from its workers. On the other, those workers and their union, Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), are not simply prepared to resist these demands, but are determined to use the opportunity to negotiate a new collective agreement to pursue an agenda that advances equality within the workplace and the expansion and renewal of vital public services. Read more!
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